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Mozingo center enters final weeks of construction
Originally expected to wrap things up by Thanksgiving, crews working on the new conference center and golf course clubhouse under construction at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park will likely miss that deadline by about three weeks, City Manager Greg McDanel said Tuesday. McDanel said there is no single reason for the delay other than the “delicate…
Read MoreCouncil approves 8-plex plan, purchase of R-II land
The Maryville City Council on Monday approved a number of ordinances including a Planned United Development, or PUD, at 422 N. Fillmore Street owned by Bruce Judd. The council also approved one involving the purchase of land from the Maryville R-II School District for use as the site of a new municipal police and fire…
Read MoreEight-plex, police/fire land deal head council agenda
A proposal for additional multi-family residential development in the Campus Town special overlay district is scheduled to go before the Maryville City Council on Monday during a regular session scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at City Hall. The district comprises a collection of neighborhoods containing mostly rental housing located to the east of Northwest…
Read MoreCouncil approves change order for silo demo, monument sign
The Maryville City Council in special session Tuesday afternoon voted unanimously to execute a change order that will allow for the demolition of a grain silo at the site of a new $4.7 million conference center and golf course clubhouse at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park and the construction of a lighted monument-style sign at the…
Read MoreCity council to rule on conference center change order
The Maryville City Council will hold a special meeting at 5:15 p.m. today. On the agenda are two ordinances pertaining to the nearly-completed conference center at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park. The first ordinance is a change order, titled Change Order No. 4. If approved by the council, the order will approve agreements with six different…
Read MoreHuman touch at the heart of disaster exercise
Missouri Hope, an annual disaster response exercise held over the weekend at the Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area, is designed primarily to provide field training for college students from Northwest Missouri State University and elsewhere preparing for careers as first responders and crisis managers. But the large-scale exercise, during which participants simulate the aftermath of…
Read MoreGolf courses to close during pro shop move
The Maryville City Council on Monday addressed a number of issues related to ongoing work at the new conference center and golf course clubhouse at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park, a $4.7 million facility set to open soon after the first of the year. Assistant City Manager Ryan Heiland told the council the existing clubhouse, ultimately…
Read MoreProposed contracts dominate council agenda
The Maryville City Council will meet an hour early Monday for its first regular session in October, gathering in its first-floor City Hall chambers at 6 p.m. While the hour is unusual, the lengthy agenda is somewhat routine and contains a grab bag of issues ranging from the refinancing of municipal debt to purchases of…
Read MoreExtreme Cowboys returning to Mozingo Lake
Following a successful two-day Spring Gathering in April and a similar Burn the Breeze event in May, Extreme Cowboy Association competition returns this weekend to the equestrian park along the west shore of Mozingo Lake. Like the earlier horseback contests in the spring, this one is being hosted by the Mid-Central Horsemen, an EXCA club…
Read MoreCity to purchase R-II site for police-fire station
The Maryville City Council met for about three hours Monday during an evening that included a special early session, which ended with a vote to switch health insurance providers, plus an agenda-heavy regular session embracing everything from zoning proposals to the approval of a new $32 million budget for the 2018 fiscal year. But the…
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